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How do I take top off to reattach part that goes down to initiate draining and spinning. The lid has to be closed to initiate this feature. I stupidly overloaded and that piece came loose.

Marsha, If it was the lid switch that came loose check the link below easy to follow instruction/video to show Kenmore washer cabinet removal, 2nd vid. shows lid switch replacement. I hope this helped you out, if so let me know by pressing the helpful button. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vogysB7Xhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFsvLiuT

@marshas with the top loader you usually remove the whole cabinet. Take a look on here. There may be a different way for your issue but we need to have the exact model number and maybe a few images of the part that came loose. Use this guide to post images so we can see what you see.